Exhibit showcases Rumsey work

Published
November 14, 2013

“Tumescence: Rumsey Competition Exhibition,” the
annual exhibition showcasing the work of junior-level students from
the Department of Visual Studies as they compete for the yearly
Rumsey Scholarship, will open with a public reception from 5-7 p.m.
Nov. 21 in the Visual Studies Gallery on the second floor of the UB
Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

Headlining the exhibit, which will be on view in the gallery
through Dec. 6, will be last year’s Rumsey winner Alissa
Bailey. Other participants, who are competing for the 2014 Rumsey
Scholarship, are Neaha Aamir, Hannah Belotte, Alicia Grunder,
Austin Laughlin, Harumo Sato and Amber Sliter. They will be
attending the reception.

The Rumsey Scholarship funds travel and study during the summer
between the recipient’s junior and senior year. The recipient
is selected by the entire Visual Studies faculty based on the
quality of the exhibited work and a written proposal describing how
the award will be used. The award recipient(s) will produce work
for an exhibition in fall 2014.

The Buffalo-born Evelyn Rumsey, the scholarship’s
namesake, was a student of Robert Henri and Charles Hawthorne; one
of her works was exhibited in the New York Armory Show of 1913.
According to one critic, “Her most significant work, the
early impressionist paintings, establishes her as one of a select
group of early 20th-century American impressionist
painters.”

Rumsey’s brother, Charles Cary Rumsey, was a well-known
sculptor; some of his work has been restored by the UB Casting
Institute.

The Visual Studies Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday and from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday. All
exhibitions are free and open to the public.